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jeffrey_pdx

(222 posts)
Wed Nov 5, 2014, 04:32 PM Nov 2014

My mother grew up in Alaska

Ketchikan. My grandfather died when she was young. My grandmother raised 5 kids on her own after that. Try imaging yourself in Alaska doing that.

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My mother grew up in Alaska (Original Post) jeffrey_pdx Nov 2014 OP
It is still being done here. bravenak Nov 2014 #1
Alaska rocks. Blue_In_AK Nov 2014 #2
nice pics at your site! jonno99 Nov 2014 #3
Thank you very much. Blue_In_AK Nov 2014 #5
Ive never been. jeffrey_pdx Nov 2014 #4
 

bravenak

(34,648 posts)
1. It is still being done here.
Wed Nov 5, 2014, 04:38 PM
Nov 2014

We still have homestead and farms and big families. It's nice here. Harsh and wild and beautiful. I loved my time growing up here, hiking on the trails, seeimg moose in the yard or bears downtown.
Everyone should come here just one time and catch a glimpse of how the world looked before we fucked it up.

Blue_In_AK

(46,436 posts)
2. Alaska rocks.
Wed Nov 5, 2014, 04:55 PM
Nov 2014

Our politics may be f'ed up, but you won't find nicer people or more beautiful scenery anywhere. I'll never move away from here.

Blue_In_AK

(46,436 posts)
5. Thank you very much.
Wed Nov 5, 2014, 08:58 PM
Nov 2014

I suspect the next couple of years I'll be spending a lot of time with my camera, doing everything I can to avoid thinking about the sorry state of our nation.

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